If you’ve been feeling that becoming a foster parent is the path you want to take, you may feel as though it’s something you want to dive in right away. While it’s great you feel compelled to help others; it’s first important to determine if fostering is right for...
For many foster parents, the hardest part of fostering is when your child leaves. Ultimately, the goal of all foster situations is reunification with the birth parents. When my foster daughter left, it caught me by surprise how it impacted me emotionally. Though it’s...
As a first time foster parent, I have a silly non-recommendation to make. It’s something that I have noticed while serving my former foster daughter. For anyone currently caring for a baby in the foster care system or even considering it (do it!), I think you’ll...
One of the biggest parts of being a foster parent is helping your child to adjust to their new living situation. Your home may be vastly different than their previous living situation, and they’ll be wary of you as you aren’t their birth parents. While it may be...
My daughter is adopted from near Tokyo and my wife is from Osaka. As a result, I have visited Japan going on eight times in the past fifteen years. Only this year did I finally start studying the language. Shame on me, I know. With my wife to translate and my job...
Becoming a foster parent is not an easy task. First, you have to decide that you’re up to the challenge. Then, you have to go through a lengthy and sometimes complicated licensing process. While it isn’t an easy process, foster parents are very needed and often in...
